Dr. Amel began teaching at UST in 1997 and frequently teaches General Psychology, Research Methods, Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Conservation Pscyhology. Her research interests include how individual differences such as mindfulness and personality relate to how individulas and organizations approach environmental sustainability. She also studies the types of goals best suited to obtaining a sustainable lifestyle or work ethic. Amel regularly includes students in her research team (conducting library research, data collection, entry and analysis) and is currently the director of UST's Environmental Studies program.

Expertise

Conservation PsychologyIndustrial/Organizational Psychology

Awards & Honors

Office of Service-Learning Service-Learning Faculty Award, May 2013 Undergraduate Research & Collaborative Scholarship Undergraduate Research Award, May 2011Undergraduate Student Government Accolades, May 2008Division of Student Affairs Faculty Award for Excellence in Service Learning, May 2003.

Conway, J.M, Amel, E.L., & Gerwien, D.P. (2009). How much do we learn from community service learning? A meta-analysis of academic, personal, social, and citizenship outcomes. Teaching of Psychology, 36(4), 233-245.

Recent Presentations

Amel, E.L. (accepted for August, 2017). Here or there or anywhere? The effect of distance frames on self-determination. Symposium presentation for the 122th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Amel, E.L. & Chabries, C. (2015, October). Undergraduate Community Engagement in the Service of Sustainability: Connecting the ACTC Consortium with the City of St. Paul.Poster presentation at the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

Amel, E.L. (2015, August). Service learning in I/O: Learning by doing for the greater good. In Award Winning Faculty---Applications for Teaching Applied Psychology and Management. Symposium for the 120th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

Amel, E.L. (2015, August). Thinking like an ecologist: Using systems principles in the psychology classroom. In E.L. Amel (Chair), Teaching and Communicating About the Psychology of Sustainability. Symposium for the 120th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

Amel, E.L. (2014, August). Service learning for sustainability: Town & gown collaboration. In B.A. Scott (Chair), Effective Pedagogy for the Psychology of Sustainability. Symposium for the 119th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Duclos, E.L. (2007, April). The influence of self-efficacy and knowledge in sustainable behaviors. Poster session presented at the 21st National Conference on Undergraduate Research at Dominican University of California. Sponsored by a $4,000 Young Scholars grant.